Monthly Meetings
First Tuesdays
@ 7:00 PM
Guest Speakers
June 2 meeting to be held online
It's a new world! Our June 2 membership meeting, featuring speaker Greg Welander, will be held online using the popular meetiong service Zoom. This change is being made because our regular room at the UNT Health Science Center is still closed and the FWFF Board of...
June 2 membership meeting changes
We will not meet for our June 2 membership meeting at our regular venue in the UNT Health Science Center. We were notified the facility will not be available before August, so our July membership meeting is likewise affected. Our scheduled speaker, Greg Welander of...
April 4 auction postponed to fall; April and May membership meetings, outing canceled
Fort Worth Fly Fishers will push the annual auction, the FWFF Fundraising Festival, into the fall as a result of the ongoing virus pandemic. Additionally, the April 7 and May 5 FWFF membership meetings have been canceled, as has the scheduled White Bass Run outing on...
Pat Dorsey tells how to fish western tailwaters in February
As a native of Colorado, Pat Dorsey has been guiding customers of all abilities for nearly 30 years. Pat spends well over 200 days a year on the water, a combination of guiding clients, hosting destination travel-trips and personal days on the water. He shares all...
January speaker Stephen Woodcock tells all!
Longtime FWFF member Stephen Woodcock, recently named fly-fishing manager at the new Fort Worth Orvis store, kicks off the New Year with a presentation titled: "Everything You Wanted To Know About Fly-Fishing Equipment But Were Afraid to Ask." Given his experience...
November speaker Meredith McCord is “The Record Chaser”
Meredith McCord brings her tales of globe-trotting record-setting to our November meeting, and you need to come hear her. Based in Houston, Meredith has traveled to 26 countries to land fish that represent 165 records recognized by the International Game Fish...
2019 Holiday Party program features New Mexico guide Spencer Seim
In 2011, New Mexico fly fishing guide Spencer Seim and his client, Kirk Wallace Johnson, were in the middle of a river when Seim recounted the story of the theft of feathers up to 150 years old from an English museum two years earlier. Johnson was enthralled, and...
Capt. Jeff Johnson talks Texas redfish
Capt. Jeff Johnson's love of fishing began at an early age, growing up along the banks of the Yakima River in Central Washington. After a while, it became pretty obvious that fishing was in his blood! In 1997, he moved to Bozeman, Mont., to attend college a little and...
June speaker Dan Cone spotlights Hill Country waters
Dan Cone, owner and primary guide for the Castell Guide Service in the Texas Hill Country, will introduce members to his home waters at the June 4 membership meeting. Dan grew up fishing and hunting and spending summer days on the Llano River. After graduating from...
May speaker Donavan Clary focuses on Oklahoma waters
On May 7 Donavan Clary will talk to us about fly fishing the Lower Illinois River – Oklahoma’s “unknown jewel.” It begins at the base of the Lake Tenkiller Dam in Northeastern Oklahoma, near Gore, Okla., and runs about 10 miles to the Arkansas River. The Lower...
Steve Galletta of Montana offers Bighorn River insights as April speaker
Our speaker at the April 2 membership meeting is Steve Galletta, co-owner/outfitter of Bighorn Angler Fly Shop and Lodge in Fort Smith, Mont. He is the author of Fly Fishing the Bighorn River, published by Stackpole Books. His presentation will cover everything an...
March speaker John Dietsch presents “The Angler’s Path”
Jokes about being “mistaken” for a movie star are many, but John Dietsch is one of the few who can really say he’s been there. He appeared in all the fly-fishing scenes of the film "A River Runs Through It," where he also conceived and executed the famous final...
Doc Thompson shares New Mexico, saltwater tips as January speaker on Jan. 8
The 2019 FWFF speakers lineup gets a strong start with Doc Thompson, an Orvis-endorsed guide in northern New Mexico. He started High Country Anglers in 1995 thinking he could make a living as a fly-fishing guide in New Mexico. Thousands of guide trips later, Doc is...
Register now for the Membership Holiday Party
Fort Worth Fly Fishers' annual Holiday Party will again be at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., in the Redbud Room. There will be heavy hors d'oeuvres and refreshments provided, and you can also bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. The...
Explore Florida saltwater fishing with Steve Bailey
Retired saltwater guide, summertime trout fisherman and longtime Fort Myers, Fla., resident Steve Bailey brings his wide experience as our November speaker. Steve has worked with some of the sport’s best-known figures, including the late Lefty Kreh and Walkers Cay...
Put some salt on it!
Sean Polk, our speaker at the Oct. 2 membership meeting, presents a great primer on saltwater fishing in Texas. His presentation is titled Saltwater Travel: What You Need and Need to Know Sean is the Retail Sales Manager for Tailwaters Fly Fishing in Dallas. He grew...
May speaker: “Fly Geek” Matt Bennett talks flies
As our May 2 guest speaker, Fort Worth Fly Fishers welcomes Austin-based Matt Bennett, a full-time commercial fly tyer and the owner of Fly Geek Custom Flies. While interested in many different types of fly fishing, Matt most enjoys tying flies and fishing for the...
Plan to hear April speaker Capt. Jeff Johnson
If you're planning a Texas saltwater trip this season you'll want to make the regular membership meeting on April 4 to hear Capt. Jeff Johnson talk about fishing the state's Coastal Bend region. "When not in Montana guiding for trout, you can find me on the Gulf...
TWO MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER: Ed Engle to speak on Tuesday, November 8
IMPORTANT NEWS: Due to a speaker scheduling conflict, there will be TWO club meetings in November. Both meetings begin at 7 pm at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth. Tuesday, November 1 is our regularly scheduled meeting night. We'll have announcements,...
May Speaker To Discuss Kayak Bass Fishing
With all this rain, fishing from a kayak may be your best bet. If you’re looking for the secrets to effective kayak fishing for BIG bass, don’t miss our May speaker, Guillermo Gonzalez, from Backwoods. As a successful tournament bass fly fisher, he will discuss...
November Guest Speaker Bio — Pat Dorsey
A native of Colorado, Pat has been guiding for over 23 years. He spends approximately two hundred days a year on the water, enjoying a unique quality of life both personally and professionally. “I am blessed to be able to make a living as a fly fishing guide and I...
Fort Worth Fly Fishers normally meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month. Members hear nationally known speakers and professional guides from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and elsewhere, and watch fly-tying demonstrations.
UNT Health Science Center, Room RES114 | Education & Research building
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. | Fort Worth, Texas
